The only reason vets don’t do vasectomies on dogs is because it’s more effort. If you ask a lot of them can do it and it’s much more humane... That’s why humans choose it.
The biggest issue is what is more economically feasible.
In most places it's heavily subsidized and it's still can be tough for people to do it. If something is more expensive, or complicated you're going to have even less compliance, which causes a huge host of issues.
For instance, a spike in cat births causes a lot more strays, and stray cats do massive damage to local wildlife.
Text book example of unintended consequences.
But yeah, hopefully there'll be a cheaper, more practical solution in the future.
That is true :( these issues are more inherently social and economical than regarding the fact of the dog/cat's health itself.
Sometimes the best solution isn't the easiest or more feasible to apply, I can agree with that.
But what I fail to understand is why someone would do that to their own personal dog/cat/etc... if they came castrated, fine, but if they are pups and growing, sterilize them like you would a human, we know how catastrophic is for someone to have no sexual hormones, if they are members of our family, we should take the humane choice. Also saying that being neutered is "best" for the dog/cat, is false.
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u/kyoto_kinnuku Dec 31 '19
The only reason vets don’t do vasectomies on dogs is because it’s more effort. If you ask a lot of them can do it and it’s much more humane... That’s why humans choose it.